Birla Institute of Technology & Science- Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Second Semester 2010-2011

Comprehensive Examination
Computer Graphics (CS C421/IS C471)(WP)
Type: CLOSED Time: 3 hours Wt.age:40% Date: 1.5.2011

Part A
1) Write pseudo code for the z buffer algorithm. [5M]
2) Explain about various illumination models. [10]
3) What are various Animation languages available and explain them. [5m]
4) Explain the Cohen Sutherland line –clipping algorithm with the algorithm /code.
[10m]
5) a) [5m]
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i) Find the matrix that represents rotation of an object by 30 about the origin.
ii) What are the new coordinates of the points p(2,-4) after the rotation.
b) Write the general form of the matrix for rotation about a point p(h,k).
[5m]
6) explain the following
a) Cell decomposition. [2m]
b) octrees. [8m]
7) consider the cube shown in the below fig [10m]

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Rotated about the y axis by about the x axis by and projected onto the
z=0, plane from a center of projection at z=z c =2.5 and draw the three point perspective
projection with rotation about two axes of the above cube
 Part B

Question number 1to 8 each carry 2marks and question number 9 carry 4 marks

1) What is an image’s aspect ratio.

2) If an image has a height of 2 inches and an aspect ratio of 1.5, what is its width
3) Find the RGB coordinates of a color at (0.15, 0.75, 0) in CMY space.
4) What do you call the path the electron beam takes when returning to the left side of the
CRT screen.
5) Why do many color printers use black pigment
6) Name the three perceptual terms for describing color and the corresponding physical
properties of light.
7) Name the two kinds of receptor cells in the retina and describe their basic function.
8) Let the viewpoint be at (a, b, c) and the center of a pixel at (x, y, z).find vectors s and d
to represent the corresponding primary ray
9) Find the distance between the point whose coordinate are a) (5,2) and (7,3) b) (-3,1) and
(5,2) c) (-3,-1) and (-5,-2) and d) (0,1) and (2,0).

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